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A Weekend of Tidying Up

February 22nd, 2009 at 04:09 pm

Spent most of the weekend trying to declutter and get rid of stuff. Mostly paperwork - I am a notorious piler. I especially love to collect magazines that I usually don't read (at least 99% of them are free subscriptions). But on a good note, the work cafeteria now has a reading section. Bring books and/or magazines to swap. So..I have already dropped off 5 magazines. I went through the house and thumbed through about a dozen issues of various mags and slipped them into a bag to bring to work. Hopefully others will enjoy them.

Got to also slug through mounds of junk mail hunting for bills and tax info. A lot of the mail is from charitable organizations. I give at times -- but it seems once I give, they want me to give all the time! They also send LOTS of address labels -- I will NEVER use all of them! I am trying to figure out a way to get them to stop sending those. I can't send them through a shredder -- I tried, but the adhesive gums up the machine.

Finally opened up the spice rack DH got me for Christmas (yes I am slow). We also set up the Wii Fit that came from Amazon a few days ago. So far, it is fun. Amazingly enough, the Wii Fit tells me that my weight and BMI are in the normal range! A bit inaccurate -- I would like to lose about 20 lbs and the scale does agree with that observation. Frown DD likes to go on the runs but tends to cheat by moving the whatchamacallit with her hand instead of jogging in place. I hope to use this daily to add some movement.

Went to my niece's playoff game in bball last night. Unfortunately, they lost. Boo. DN looks like she is heading to college with a scholarship as longs as she stays injury free. Well, that will be in a few years since she is still a freshman.

Made pancakes for breakfast this am for DD and her friends. There were enough to freeze for future breakfasts. Lunch was leftover rice and broccoli slaw and also included shrimp and corn. I am busy freezing leftover cocktail sauce. I got a HUGE can 40+ oz for 99 cents at the 99 cent store. Could not resist -- I needed some but the prices at the supermarket are much higher. Dinner will be leftover chicken and whatever else I can scrape out of the cupboards. I may make some cookies for dessert from a box of cake mix. I got lots of boxes for free last year and usually make cookies rather than cakes. The cookies always turn out well even if the cake mix is expired. I stir in raisins or M&Ms or chocolate bits into the batter.

Now.. off to work on my taxes.

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